Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:06AM - By Seraphina L.
Before The Decemberists performed at The Royal Oak Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan yesterday, they got into a little trouble with the law.
Unable to wait for the performance, the band decided they’d give the people in Royal Oak downtown a little extra love and perhaps see how much they could actually make as they busk.
The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy was the first to tweet about their little event after 1:00:
The results are in! Over at NPR they’ve conducted an online poll of what listeners have chosen as the “Best Music of 2009 (so far).” This includes the top songs and albums to date, and the list consists of 30 titles for both categories. Some artists who landed a spot include the Silversun Pickups, Animal Collective, Franz Ferdinand, and Mos Def. Find out if any of your favorites made the cut after the jump!
Although Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band started about 20 minutes late (sparking murmurs of another Kanye West fiasco), The Boss and the boys dominated the main stage for nearly three hours with hits like “Working On a Dream,” “Youngstown” and “Thunder Road,” emitting enough rock n’ roll clamor for the entire 80,000-person campground to hear.
Are you sad because you missed the The Decemberists at this years SXSW? Good news! We have some great videos of them performing for the the IFC Crossroads party at SXSW. These videos are of a great quality and get you up close to the band. You can see Colin Meloy’s face as he croons about how much he loves you. Seriously though, the videos show The Decemberists’ high energy, and yea, maybe you did miss them at SXSW, but you don’t have to miss them now. Watch the videos for “O, Valencia” “The Crane Wife” and “Billy Liar” below…
If you’re heading down to good ol’ Austin, TX forSXSW this week and you haven’t arrived yet, get reading to hit the ground running. I’m an Austinite myself (yes, that is our title), so I know the city back-to-front, but it’s always difficult to prepare for the throngs of people clogging the downtown streets.
Air travel was a nightmare (Dallas- Fort Worth’s airport was an anxiety-ridden scene of stranded South by Southwesters), and traffic on the freeway slowed me down even further, but once I finally joined the mob on Red River Street for Day 1 (March 18th), the feeling of joy was immeasurable…
After grabbing my wristband from the Austin Convention Center, I followed the sweet sounds of power-pop to one of Austin’s trendiest clubs, Beauty Bar. Since it was only a tad before 10 p.m., the line moved quickly, and soon I was soaking up the New Wave-infused glory of Fol Chen(above), who delivered their brand of (usually) production-heavy pop-rock with an erratic punk-rock twist.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:00PM - By Seraphina L.
Remember when you were a teenager and you wanted to listen to music you liked in the car, but your parents absolutely vetoed that option? Parents are so uncool. Well, get a load of this! Three elderly residents of Fishtown, Philadelphia have created a show where they review music of today’s generation (The Thermals, Joanna Newsom, The Decemberists, Clipse, and more) at a diner called Sulimay’s, thus giving their series the title “Breakfast at Sulimay’s.” In this clip, they review Young Jeezy and Animal Collective and I can’t decide if it’s hilarious or completely insane. You may be surprised at Ann approving the rapper, as she points out the “intro” and “assassination” components, yet displaying her distaste for repetitious electronic riffs. Highlights are Joe’s implication of Young Jeezy’s “Black Dreams” putting shame to the African American race and his blatant plug for Girl Scout Cookies as they introduce Animal Collective’s “My Girls.” Watch the clip for yourself, and tell us what you think!
Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:45PM - By Seraphina L.
Portland indie rock group, The Decemberists, will be premiering their album, The Hazards of Love, in its entirety as part of NPR’s SXSW showcase at Stubbs. To make it a little more interesting, Capitol Records have teamed up with Imeem for a fun contests where fans can submit artwork for the official SXSW showcase poster. The band members will pick the winning poster themselves.
Want to know the guidelines? Check out them out below!
Some of us have lives (AKA commuting, working nine-to-five, commuting some more, etc…) and some of us spend most of our time (to our paychecks’ dismay) surfing the web for all the free and entertaining music tidbits we can get our hands on. For those of you in the latter category who haven’t yet scored your fix for today, here are some starting points:
Are you one of those music fans who loves a visual element to go along with your all-American music (I know I’m a fan of picture books)? If your answer if, ‘By God, I do love pictures with my music!’, then check out this sweet four-part illustrated show review (sample shown above) by artist Ariel Kitch of Alela Diane and Blitzen Trapper playing at Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. Seriously, this is an awesome concept – we need more sketch artists doing show reviews!
Ground control to Cat Power fans, this one’s for you. If you haven’t been flipping channels during TV commercials, you might have heard none other than Chan Marshall (AKA Cat Power) singing David Bowie‘s “Space Oddity” over a new ad for Lincoln’s 2009 MKS. So far, we’ve only got the clip available (below), but cross your fingers that this rendition ends up on another cover album from Marshall! Great choice…
Idiosyncratic indie rock band The Decemberists has announced the first leg of their North American tour – which will start in Los Angeles, CA, on May 19th, work its way to New York, NY, and will end mid-June at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee. Their tour, so named “A Short Fazed Novel”, will be in support of their upcoming album, The Hazards of Love, which will be released on March 24.
Are you sad because you missed the The Decemberists at this years SXSW? Good news! We have some great videos of them performing for the the IFC Crossroads party at SXSW. These videos are of a great quality and get you up close to the band. You can see Colin Meloy’s face as he croons about how much he loves you. Seriously though, the videos show The Decemberists’ high energy, and yea, maybe you did miss them at SXSW, but you don’t have to miss them now. Watch the videos for “O, Valencia” “The Crane Wife” and “Billy Liar” below…
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